title: Generalized reflex myoclonus in a patient with alcohol-sensitive spontaneous myoclonus and an abnormal gait.
abstract: A patient with alcohol-sensitive spontaneous, action- and stimulus-sensitive generalized reflex myoclonus is reported. Gait was abnormal but could not be clearly classified as dystonic. No other neurological abnormality was present. The possible relationship between alcohol-sensitive myoclonic dystonia and this case is discussed. Reflex myoclonus may serve as an additional clinical marker in the study of families with alcohol-sensitive myoclonus, dystonia, or both.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Clinica Universitaria, Pamplona, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Artieda
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Luquin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vaamonde
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Laguna
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Obeso
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000431:Ethanol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol